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WAP-3000 / WAP-3100
11g Wireless AP
Ver. 1.0.1-0804

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    LevelOne User Manual WAP-3000 / WAP-3100 11g Wireless AP Ver. 1.0.1-0804...

  • Page 2: Fcc Warning

    Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility. CE Marking Warning Hereby, Digital Data Communications, declares that this (Model-no. WAP-3000/3100) is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Content TABLE OF CONTENT ......................... II 1. ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL ...................... 1 ........................1 ANUAL VERVIEW 2. UNPACKING AND SETUP ......................2 ............................2 NPACKING ..............................2 ETUP 3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION....................... 3 ............................3 RONT PANEL ............................4 ANEL ........................

  • Page 4: About This User Manual

    With Wireless LAN Access Point, computers can share data and Internet access in a wireless way. Setup Wizard utilities are built-in with LevelOne 11g Wireless AP for configuration and quick setup purposes. Wireless LAN networking can wirelessly transmit and receive data, minimizing the need for wired connections, at a speed of up to 54Mbps.

  • Page 5: Unpacking And Setup

    This chapter provides unpacking and setup information for the Access Point. Unpacking Open the box of the 11g Wireless AP and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: WAP-3000 or WAP-3100 Antenna Power Adapter Quick Installation Guide CD Manual If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for replacement.

  • Page 6: Hardware Installation

    3. Hardware Installation Front panel The figure below shows the LED Indicator of the LevelOne Wireless AP. Power: This indicator lights green when the Access Point receives power. Otherwise, it turns off. WLAN: The indicator blinking green whiles the wireless LAN activity.

  • Page 7: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel The figure below shows the rear panel of the Access Point Ethernet port with 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet connections, connect this port to switch/hub. RESET The Reset function is to reset the setting back to factory default setting, once you press the “RESET” button more than 5 seconds.

  • Page 8: Hardware Connections

    Hardware connections Connecting with power adapter 1. Plug in network cable to the Ethernet port of the Switch/Hub, and plug in the other end to the Ethernet port of the Wireless Access Point. 2. Plug in DC plug of the power adapter to the DC jack of the Wireless Access Point, and plug in the power adapter to the power outlet.

  • Page 9: Configuring The Wireless Lan Access Point

    4. Configuring the Wireless LAN Access Point The Wireless Access Point has a Web GUI interface for the configuration. The AP can be configured through the Web Browser. A network manager can manage, control and monitor the AP from the local LAN.

  • Page 10: Main Screen Of The Access Point

    Main Screen of the Access Point The screen will show the status of the AP when you login to the AP. There are seven main functions included in the top side of the main screen: Wizard, Status, Basic Setting, IP Setting, Advanced Setting, Security and Tools. Point the selections in the top side of the menu screen.

  • Page 11: Wizard

    Wizard Setup wizard is provided as the part of the web configuration utility. User can simply follow the step- by-step process to get Access Point configuration ready to run in 4 easy steps by clicking on the “Wizard” button on the function menu. The following screen will appear. Please click “Next” to continue.
  • Page 12 Step 3: Set WEP Encryption If user wants to enable WEP, please click “Enabled”. Then, select the key size of WEP encryption and enter the key value in the key text box. Please click “Next” to continue. Step 4: Restart The Setup wizard is now completed.

  • Page 13: Status

    Status This page as below shows the following information. Firmware Version Shows the current firmware version and released date code. Shows the Mac address, IP address (default: 192.168.0.254), Subnet Mask, Gateway Address. The current LAN traffic calculated in terms of number of packets sent and received by AP through wired connection is also displayed.

  • Page 14: View Log

    View Log Once clicked, the page will change to login page. The login page records every event and the time that it happens. User may clear the entries recorded in the log by clicking the “Clear Log” button, and refresh the screen to show the latest log entries by clicking the “Refresh”...

  • Page 15: Basic Setting

    Basic Setting This is the page allow user to change the access point settings. AP Name: The name of the AP, which can be used to identify the Access Point among the all the Access Points in the wireless network. Mode: The WLAN AP supports five operation mode for Access Point, AP Client, WDS (Wireless Distribution System), AP+WDS and Repeater mode.
  • Page 16 AP mode configuration Channel: The channel that AP will operate in. User can select the channel range from 1 to 11 for North America (FCC) domain, 1 to 13 for European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network.
  • Page 17 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. WPA / WPA2: If WPA or WPA2 is selected, the below screen is shown. Please set the length of the encryption key and the parameters for the RADIUS server.

  • Page 18: Ap Client Mode

    RADIUS Server 1: Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Primary Radius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is used by the Radius Server. RADIUS Server 2: (optional) Enter the IP address of and the Port used by the Secondary Radius Server, enter the Shared Secret, which is used by the Radius Server.
  • Page 19 AP Client mode configuration SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in the wireless network. Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one.
  • Page 20 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”. The new settings are now been saved to Access Point and will be effective once the Access Point restarts.

  • Page 21: Bridge Mode

    Bridge mode Configure the AP to Bridge mode; a point-to-point configuration in which the AP relays frames from one other 802.11 bridge onto an adjacent Ethernet LAN. Bridge mode application The Bridge need to fill all the AP’s MAC address in the “Remote AP Mac” list, the maximum of one Bridge can join eight AP to be one group.
  • Page 22 Note: When WEP security is enabled, all the wireless clients that wish to connect to the Access Point must also have WEP enabled with the identical WEP Key value entered. WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen.

  • Page 23: Wds Mode

    WDS mode With WDS (Wireless Distribution System) mode, user can use wireless media to communicate two or more LANs through the AP with WDS mode, all of the LAN will be combined in the WDS group, for example: Single WDS group application: When there are three APs joined to the WDS group, one of the AP in WDS mode will be the Master, the other two APs will be the Slave, all of the APs in the WDS group must use the same wireless channel and the same security setting, the Master need to fill all the Slave’s MAC address in the...
  • Page 24 Multiple WDS group application: When there are five APs to be join into two separated WDS group, the member of WDS group 1 is AP-A, AP-B and AP-C, and member of the WDS group 2 is AP-C, AP-D and AP-E, the AP-C will join both of WDS group 1 and WDS group 2, each WDS Group 1 will be one master and the other will be slave.
  • Page 25 Master setting (AP-A, WDS Group 1) Slave setting (AP-B, WDS Group 1) Master setting (AP-C, WDS Group 2) Slave setting (AP-D and AP-E, WDS Group 2) WDS mode configuration for Example-2...

  • Page 26: Repeater Mode

    Repeater mode Configure the AP to Repeater mode; the AP will be a wireless LAN repeater that will be extended the WLAN coverage range. Repeater mode application Repeater mode configuration SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network.
  • Page 27 Site Survey: This button allows user to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one. Selected one of them in list to establish communications and click “Connect” button. Authentication Type: The authentication type default is set to Open system.
  • Page 28 WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK: If WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK is selected, user needs to set the key in the passphrase field as the below screen. The key length should be 8 characters at least. Apply: For the changes made to any of the items above to be effective, click “Apply”. The new settings are now been saved to Access Point and will be effective once the Access Point restarts.

  • Page 29: Ip Setting

    5. IP Setting This page allows user to configure the IP and DHCP settings of the Access Point. The default IP address of this access point is 192.168.0.254 with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. User can type in other values for IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway and click “Apply” button for the changes to be effective.

  • Page 30: Advanced Setting

    Advanced Setting This page contains configurations for advanced users, which the change reflects the wireless performance and operating modes. Beacon Interval: To set the period of time in milliseconds that AP sends out a beacon. Default is 100 milliseconds. RTS Threshold: To set the size of RTS/CTS packet size. Default is 2432 bytes. Fragmentation Threshold: To set the number of bytes used for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages.

  • Page 31: Security

    Security This page is where user configures the security features supported by this Access Point. Password: Allow user to change the new login password. Here are the necessary steps: 1. Enter the new password in the “AP Password New:” field. 2.

  • Page 32: Tools

    Tools Four functions are provided in this page, Backup, Restore Settings, Restore default settings and Firmware Upgrade. Save Settings to Local Hard Drive: Click on “Save Settings to Local Hard Drive” button, which will open a FileSave Dialog box, where user gets to save all the current settings and configurations to a file.

  • Page 33: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications General Standards IEEE 802.11b/g IEEE 802.3u 10/100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (WAP-3100 only) Signal Type: DSSS (802.11b) OFDM (802.11g) Modulation: QPSK / BPSK / CCK / OFDM LED Indicators: Power, LAN (Link/Activity), WLAN (Link) Frequency 2412 MHz ~ 2462 MHz (FCC) 2412 MHz ~ 2472 MHz (ETSI) 2400 MHz ~ 2484 MHz (Japan)
  • Page 34 If you would like a copy of the GPL or other open source code in this software on a physical CD medium, LevelOne (Digital Data Communications) offers to mail this CD to you upon request, for a price of US$9.99 plus the cost of shipping.

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